Feel the Beethoven?!

Oh hai,

So, this question is two-fold:

1. The ****. I am getting old, ain't I?

2. What's your attitude to working out to slow (non-epic), and quiet classical music and jazz?

In the movie "Warrior", there's this rather weird moment, when people learn patience through listening to the anthem of the European Union, and even Henry Rollins says in "The Iron" that he mostly works out to ballads.

Sometimes we roll to Hip Hop. Not my kind of thing, really (white kids going ghetto) but to each his own. It can make the flow of rolling better when you are not spazzing and know what you are doing (i.e. not a complete beginner).

Sometimes we roll to Hip Hop. Not my kind of thing, really (white kids going ghetto) but to each his own. It can make the flow of rolling better when you are not spazzing and know what you are doing (i.e. not a complete beginner).

I thought Ode to Joy pretty cool in Warrior.

Just my 0.02 Euros...

Our club never practices to music, except for some more agressive moments whe, doing hard sparring. Amon Amarth, CoB and Mayan come to mind. Agressive but melodic metal.

When working out at the gym my Ipod is filled with my usual eclectic mix of metal, pop, classical and electronica... and I find that I go beserk each time Bach's Tocata and Fuge in Dm comes around. Good for ropeskipping, that one.

I am a metalcore fan and I feel like aggressive music makes me exhaust myself too quickly. Because I am also a hip hop DJ, I like the music but when rolling it tends to annoy me when some kids with no "ghetto" upbringing listen to music about shooting someone on the corner in a drive-by. But that's just me :D

I typically listen to whatever the gym is playing. At one, they only play music during open mat, and it's usually just someone's music on their phone or an Ipod. Sometimes it's metal, sometimes just a mix of modern stuff.

At another place I sometimes go to they typically play hard style metal, of which I'm not a huge fan. One day a few weeks ago and they were playing American Folk music, like Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. I enjoyed that quite a bit.

Point is, I guess I don't care what the music is as long as it's not country, polka or opera music.